The film is set in 1962 in Sevastopol, Crimea, then a secret Navy Base in the Soviet Union. General Serov hires Viktor, a cadet from the Kremlin Guard to work as his private chauffeur. In a jet-black “ZIM” limo, Viktor is chauffeuring the General’s disabled daughter Vera. Viktor is oblivious to the hidden agenda of the KGB agent Saveliev, who manipulates everyone behind the scenes in the old rivalry between the Army and KGB.

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Here’s a late 60’s Screwball comedy based on the true story of a criminal who hid gold and diamonds in a plaster cast. It was one of the highest grossing films of the Soviet era.

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Americans haven’t had a draft for over 40 years, but in Russia military service has been continuously compulsory. Enforcement of the draft has been lax enough to encourage many you Russians who feel they have better things to do skip time with the army. Future draft dodgers may not have such an easy time if the Army gets its way.

An increasing number of recruits are now skipping town to avoid the draft, with 5,849 going missing in spring 2008 and 8,195 disappearing in the same period this year.

But now the army’s big shots are saying they will find the deserters and clamp down on them.

“We don’t know where they disappear, in the Sorbonne or at grandmother’s dacha in the village,” the military’s head of organisation and mobilisation, Vasily Smirnov, told RIA Novosti. “But we will send lists of these citizens to law-enforcement agencies whose duties include searching and driving them into draft commissions.”

Prosecutions of runaways remain rare, with only 115 convictions last year and 127 in 2007, but authorities hope to use the full weight of the law behind their clampdown.

“If people have broken the law, and knew precisely what they were doing, then it will inevitably be followed with the corresponding punishment,” added Smirnov. (Moscow News)

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The daughter of a Russian Oligarch, Alsou sprang onto the scene a decade ago. Since then she’s released albums in her native Tatar language as well as in English. While the English releases didn’t fare well, she’s still extremely popular in Russia.
Aksou’s Artist Central Page

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We’re back. Here’s a little Soviet era Scifi for Halloween.

It’s in 8 parts. If you run into trouble with one, here’s a link to the entire playlist

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Samoyed Boy (1928), English Subtitles

Soviet Toys

Interplanetary Revolution

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The summer of 1936. The legendary Division Commander Kotov, a famous military leader and Stalins personal favorite, is vacationing with his family at his dacha. The idyll of the house with an attic is interrupted by the sudden arrival of Mitya, a former student of Kotovs wife Marousias father. Mitya and Marousia were lovers once, dreaming of the future together Today, Mitya is collaborating with the NKVD, and he came to take revenge The film is closing the theme of the 1930s in Soviet history, capturing the atmosphere of a long happy day in the life of a girl, which will end with her father being taken away. Awards * Winner of the Oscar in the category Best Foreign Language Film in 1994. © Nikita Mikhalkov’s ThreeTe Studio, Russia, 1994. © Camera One, France, 1994. ( birubirFilms)

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